Films of Mn-12-acetate by pulsed laser evaporation Academic Article

abstract

• Films of the molecular nanomagnet, Mn12-acetate, have been deposited using pulsed laser deposition and its novel variant, matrix assisted pulsed laser evaporation. The films have been characterized by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, mass spectrometry and magnetic hysteresis. The results indicate that an increase in laser energy and/or pulse frequency leads to fragmentation of Mn12-acetate, whereas its chemical and magnetic integrity is preserved at low laser energy (200 mJ). This technique allows for the fabrication of patterned thin films of molecular nanomagnets for fundamental and applied experiments. 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

authors

• Dunbar, Kim
• Naugle, Donald
• Teizer, Winfried

published proceedings

• SOLID STATE COMMUNICATIONS

author list (cited authors)

• Meenakshi, V., Teizer, W., Naugle, D. G., Zhao, H., & Dunbar, K. R.

citation count

• 26

complete list of authors

• Meenakshi, V||Teizer, W||Naugle, DG||Zhao, H||Dunbar, KR

publication date

• November 2004

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

published in

• Solid State Communications  Journal

keywords

• Laser Processing
• Mn-12-acetate
• Single Molecule Magnets
• Thin Films

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/j.ssc.2004.08.019

start page

• 471

end page

• 476

volume

• 132

issue

• 7

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ssc.2004.08.019